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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00972A000100440011-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: April 22, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2007/02/23 : l -Ebb 9B00972A000100440011-1
22 April 1969
1. This responds to the request for extra-
polated data on Soviet forces for the 1974-75
period, assuming sustained high rates of expansion
of major military missions.
2. The data are illustrative of levels that
could be reached if the Soviets were willing to
devote the resources to them and accept the penal-
ties this would entail in other sectors of the
economy.
3. These are not intelligence projections
which involve balanced judgments on Soviet capabi--
li.ties, requirements and intentions, but simple
extrapolations of probable capabilities to continue
to deploy more of the kinds of forces now in exist-
ence or now being built. If the Soviets were to
exploit their capabilities to the fullest, were not
concerned with stimulating US counteraction, and
were willing to depress economic growth and living
standards, forces of this order probably would be
feasible.
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